Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring all those who are permitted to design buildings to be a regulated architect.

On 16 August 2021 my Department launched the Review of Architects Regulation with a Call for Evidence. This Review considered the current form of regulation for architects and the architectural sector in the UK and sought views on a range of topics including forms of regulation, access to the architectural profession, sustainability and innovation. The Call for Evidence included a section on 'Functions of an Architect,' which sought views on protected functions and a workshop on this matter, led by my officials, was undertaken on February 2022. The responses to the Review are currently being considered.